Tanzania demands diversified climate finance as philanthropy steps in to close Africa’s funding gap at UNEA-7
Tanzania’s Presidential Adviser on Climate Change and Chair of the African Group of Negotiators (AGN), Dr Richard Muyungi, speaking during a side event at the UNEA-7 conference in Nairobi, Kenya.
Josephine Christopher is a senior business journalist for The Citizen and Mwananchi newspapers
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Nairobi. Tanzania has called for a more diversified and accessible climate-financing architecture, urging stronger collaboration between philanthropy, governments and multilateral agencies to address Africa’s chronic funding gaps.
Speaking during a high-level panel on “Philanthropy and UNEP: Driving Collective Action for a Healthy, Prosperous and Resilient Planet” at UNEA-7 in Nairobi, Tanzania’s Presidential Adviser on Climate Change, Dr Richard Muyungi, said philanthropic capital can play an increasingly catalytic role in unlocking the resources African countries need to meet their climate goals.
